Smart wireless autonomous microsystems (SWAMs) for sensor actuator networks

Abstract

Today a lof of direrenf sensors and actuafors are available which have an analog or digif04 a srondordized or not sfandardized inferjace Many applications needs lo measure sensor values. fo confrol actuams and Io interact belween several sensodactuators and ofher systems Thus an infrinsic goal ais6 thaf the senson and actuafors can autonomously communicdc wifh each ofher. A lot of applications are not suitable for wired communicnfiorr Hence Uzere is an addifionol goal LO realize fhe communication wireless These goak lead fo the challenge Io implement Smarf, Wireless, Aufonomous Micragsfems (SWAMs). Such a microsysfem may capture fhe &a of several sensors and conrrol acfuafom If will be inteIligent and can communicafe wifh a great number of other sysfems Because the communication iswireless it is necessary fhaf fhe S W A M ispower aware fa achieve a long li/erime Wifh SWAMs if is possible to build sensor nefuafor newarks in fhe area of medical technology. environmenfal fechnolo@, process iechnology efe This paper gives a survey about fhe requiremen6 for fhe architecture of SWAMs Then il will be pointed out, which feasibilifies erisf to realize such architectures. Finally the resulis from fhe implemenfafion of such a microsysfem will be presented and nl fhe end of fhepaper novel applications will be showed

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